BEGINNING
synopsis
Yana, a young Jehovah’s Witness missionary, is in shock after angry locals burn down her place of worship during a service. Her husband David manages to obtain CCTV footage of the attack. But in the remote Georgian village where they are living with their young son, his search for justice triggers a chain of events that will find the family totally isolated and entirely at the mercy of the hostile local police…
| international title: | Beginning |
| original title: | Beginning |
| working title: | Naked Sky |
| country: | Georgia, France |
| sales agent: | Goodfellas |
| year: | 2020 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Dea Kulumbegashvili |
| film run: | 130' |
| screenplay: | Dea Kulumbegashvili |
| cast: | Ia Sukhitashvili |
| film editing: | Matthieu Taponier |
| music: | Nicolas jaar |
| producer: | Rati Oneli, Ilan Amouyal, David Zerat, Paul Rozenberg |
| co-producer: | Steven Darty, Adrien Dassault |
| executive producer: | Carlos Reygadas, Gaetan Rousseau |
| production: | O.F.A, First Picture, Zadig Productions / Zadig Films |
| backing: | Georgian National Film Center (GE), Hubert Bals Fund (NL) |
| distributor: | Surtsey Films |

























